| Name | CJ Heck |
| Location | The Villages, Florida |
| Member Since | Jun 04, 2011 |
| Votes Received | 34 |
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CJ is a published author who lives with her partner, Robert Cosmar, who is also an author. She has three daughters and eleven grandchildren. CJ writes poetry, fiction and nonfiction short stories, memoirs, and essays. She also maintains a website and three blogs, one dedicated to Vietnam veterans -- CJ is a Vietnam War widow. CJ Heck's Books: Barking Spiders (and Other Such Stuff) 2000 Barking Spiders 2 (the sequel) 2011 - [A 2011 Cybils Awards Nominee - Poetry Category] Me Too! Preschool Poetry 2011 Bits and Pieces from a Writer's Soul (New!) Anatomy of a Poet (All are available at Amazon.com, Kindle, Nook, CJ's website, and in bookstores) CJ's work has also been published by: Oxford University Press Cambridge University Press Castle Rock Research Rubicon Publishing Poetry Quarterly SRA/McGraw-Hill JFC Publishing House Grande Prairie Regional College True Poet Magazine Bluegrass Publishing TeachingPoint Dane Publishing House Your Big Backyard Magazine CTB/McGraw-Hill Steel Point Quarterly Tales 'n Rhyme Magazine FLASH!POINT Journal Writers Digest Books Mature Living Magazine Distance Learning Purpose Magazine Design Workshop Little, Brown and Company St. Anthony Messenger Press New Hampshire Magazine. For poetry workshops, school visits, interviews, availability, fees & references, please visit her website. Where To Find CJ: http://www.barkingspiderspoetry.com http://memoirsfromnam.blogspot.com http://cjswriterthoughts.blogspot.com http://knowingwhispers.blogspot.com http://www.youtube.com/user/cjheck1949/videos http://www.facebook.com/cj.heck1 http://www.facebook.com/pages/Barking-Spiders-Poetry-for-Children/124310440912427 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/cj-heck/17/312/b76 http://www.authorsden.com/visit/author.asp?id=6604 http://twitter.com/CJHeck60 http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=CJ_Heck http://booktown.ning.com/profile/CJHeck http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5308345.C_J_Heck http://booklovershaven.ning.com/profile/CJHeck http://www.jacketflap.com
![]() | 4011 Hilltop Drive [Flash Fiction]Being home alone can be frightening, especially when you hear the sound of breaking glass. |
![]() | The Day I Went from Bride to WidowVietnam -- a widow's Memoir |
![]() | Christmas at Mel'sA touching story about a "lady of the evening" alone in a bar on Christmas Eve. |
![]() | Now I'm Three and I Know ...Toddlers have such an innocent way of looking at their world ... funny, sweet, sometimes surprising. |
![]() | The Magic BananaA Children's story set in another world about three best friends who go on a simple picnic and, through magic, one of them suddenly disappears. To get their friend back, ... read more |
![]() | The Little UmbrellaA preschool story about being happy with who you are. |
![]() | The Ice Cream ConeDuring a walk in the park, through an ordinary ice cream cone, a grandfather teaches his granddaughter a valuable lesson about love and divorce. |
![]() | Reflection of Feelings"CJ Heck has a way of looking into your very soul and describing the passion and feelings that we experience but yet are afraid to or cannot express in words fo... read more |
![]() | A Christmas MiracleDuring the Great Depression, Christmas was especially difficult ... |
![]() | Mommy, What's Abuse?Domestic abuse, as explained by a mother to her child, using the metaphor of the family dog. |
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